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Rewriting Bun in Rust

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Jarred Sumner describes the process of rewriting the Bun runtime from Zig to Rust, highlighting the role of AI-powered coding agents in the transition. The rewrite was motivated by memory management challenges and the need for greater stability in the codebase.

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This case study demonstrates how AI agents are changing software development practices, making large-scale refactoring projects more feasible.

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Rewriting Bun in Rust ( via ) Jarred Sumner has been promising this blog post ( since May 9th ) about his Zig to Rust rewrite of Bun for significantly longer than it took him to finish the rewrite.

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